2010 news and notes....

(6/27/10) Sheldon capped off his Ohio Sprint Speedweek run in successful fashion at Fremont on Saturday night. A great qualifying run ultimately put him in the 7th starting spot for the feature and he held his spot and came away with a 9th place finish in the 50 lap affair...

(6/13/10) Sheldon picked up his first ever sprint car feature win on Saturday night at Wayne County Speedway. 19 cars were on hand... Sheldon will be running the full Speedweek schedule starting at Attica on Friday June 18th!

(5/26/10) Sheldon is racing with the NRA 360 Sprints at Lima on Friday, Waynesfield on Saturday, and Eldora on Sunday!

(5/18/10) Sheldon blew a motor at KC on Saturday after starting on the pole of the dash...

(5/6/10) Sheldon will be at Lernerville this Friday and Sharon on Saturday...

(4/15/10) Sheldon will be at Limaland on Friday and KC Raceway on Saturday...

(4/11/10) After a pretty sucessful first weekend out for Sheldon (12th at Attica on April 3) - he experienced a tough go-around this past weekend. Nearly 50 sprints at Attica for the All Stars. Sheldon wasn't able to transfer out of the B-Main.

(3/26/10) Well...scratch the whole weekend. Lernerville canceled tonight and Eldora canceled tomorrow. We'll try it again next weekend - Attica on April 2nd for Sheldon

(Mar 25) Attica has rained out for Friday, so the plan now is to run Sheldon at Lernerville Speedway instead. Jac and Sheldon are also heading down to Eldora on Saturday for the Tune and Test, which starts at 2:30 pm.

(Mar 22) Sheldon's first race of the season will be Friday night at Attica Raceway Park. The WoO Series is off the next two weeks so Jac will be helping Sheldon.

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2009 news and notes....

(Oct 13) Sheldon is finished racing his sprint car for the year. He is making the transition back to two wheels for the winter months. His first indoor arenacross outing was last weekend in Ohio where he placed 2nd overall on Saturday and Sunday on his 125 KTM bike...

(Oct 3) Sheldon had a solid showing at the Big E on Saturday. He was in a stacked and finished 3rd after starting 3rd (1st Butch Schroeder, 2nd Jessica Zempken, 3rd Sheldon, 4th Tim Allison...) He started the feature in 11th and spun out on the first lap. He restarted at the tail and ran a clean race from that point on and ended up 15th. Not a superb finishing position but that was a stout field of 32 cars and one of the toughest tracks around, so all in all, it was a good showing.

(Oct 1) Sheldon will be racing his 360 car at Eldora on Saturday night with the NRA Sprint Invaders!

(Sept 27) Despite not making it out of the C-Main (44 cars at Eldora), it was a good night for Sheldon at Eldora. He got some quality laps in his 360 and looked impressive - he held his line and turned a lap 14.309 seconds - less than .5 seconds off of the 360 track record.

(Sept 22) DOUBLE DOSE OF WILD CHILD AT THE BIG E......The time has come... Sheldon is going to race at Eldora Speedway this Friday! Jac wants Sheldon to get some laps at the Big E while he is there to watch- before possibly turning him loose on his own the following weekend for the NRA 360 show at Eldora... Sheldon will be powering his 360 sprint against the Outlaws, but the number one goal for this weekend is to simply get some laps under his belt at the high-speed track. Lil' Jac Neville, who helped power Sheldon to Rookie of the Year honors at Limaland, will be at Eldora to wrench on the car....

(Sept 3) Another busy weekend is on tap for Sheldon. He'll kick it off at Lakeville on Friday night, before catching up with the All Star Circuit of Champions at Attica on Saturday and Hilltop on Sunday!

(August 31) Despite the finishing position on Saturday at Lima, Sheldon turned in his brightest performance to date. The youngster started 16th in the feature event that was packed with high caliber drivers. He took a liking to the extreme high line and absolutely tore through the field - all the way up to 3rd position with less than 10 laps to go. He was gaining on second place running Greg Wilson when the caution flew for another car. During that caution period Sheldon was forced to retreat to the pit area with a flat tire (that probably came when he brushed the wall a few laps earlier). He was unable to restart and was credited with 14th.... On Sunday at Millstream, he brought the 360 car out against the 410's. He transferred through the B-Main and ran a few laps in the feature before pulling in with no brakes.

(August 28) Sheldon has a busy weekend of racing on tap. He will be at Limaland Motorsports Park Friday night for the season championship night in the NRA Sprint Invaders division. Saturday is undecided at this point - either Attica Raceway Park or KC Raceway. He will wrap up the weekend with a Sunday night show at Millstream.

(August 22) Sheldon got back to action on Friday night after a few weeks of race chasing with Jac. He visited Lakeville and had a very solid night. With 30 cars present, he went out and won his heat race, started 6th in the feature and ended up 5th!

(July 31) Sheldon will be racing at Limaland tonight... The Outlaws are off tonight, so Jac will be heading over to help him out!

(July 27) Sheldon had a decent night at Limaland... he had to run the B-Main after failing to transfer though his heat, but he went out and won that event. He then started at the tail of the feature but made his way up to 7th! Saturday at KC was rained out...

(July 22) After taking the week off to hang out with Jac and the R19 team, Sheldon will get back to business this weekend in the 360 car. The team will tentatively try to make it over to Lima on Friday night (that's not set in stone just yet). Then Saturday, they will head down to KC and race with the 360s.... The 410 motor is still away being refreshed, so until that comes back, Sheldon will be concentrating on the 360 races in the area...

(July 13) Sheldon raced Attica and Fremont over the weekend - 410 Sprints both nights. He couldn't quite get the feel of the car worked out or the power up to snuff either night and failed to transfer out of the B-Mains... The 410 motor is being refreshed this week, so he'll have the week off to hang out with Jac and the R19 team... see you all at Lima and Eldora!

July 7) Sheldon had some bad luck over at Sharon on Tuesday night. He was running in the transer spot in his heat race - right behind Kasey Kahne, when something on the car broke on the white flag lap. He then had to go to the B-Main where he was met with more bad luck. He broke yet again - this time on the 2nd lap of the B. He ended his night in 13th.

(July 5) Sheldon competed at Attica and Fremont over the weekend. He faired well at Attica - transferring from his heat to the feature where he would finish 14th. He wouldn't do quite as well at Fremont, where he wasn't able to transfer out of the B-Main.... The next race on the schedule will be Tuesday, July 7 at Sharon Speedway. It's the Lou Blaney Classic for 410 sprints. Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne are scheduled to race this event as well!

(June 29) The Voice of Holmes County interviewed Sheldon last week at Hilltop prior to racing. It was his first radio interview, and we've got it for you right here. Special thanks to Mark at www.thevoiceofholmescounty.com for providing us with the audio. Click the play button below to listen...

(June 28) Sheldon's Speedweek results are posted below. It was an up and down week - that unfortunately ended on a severe 'down'... he flipped the 93 car hard in turn four of the B-Main at Fremont. He got up high and bounced off the wall and went into a series of flips - extensive damage to the car.... prior to that, he was coming off his best night of Speedweek after making the A-main at Limaland on Friday night.... Other notes of interest for the week: Sheldon best qualifying effort came at Fremont where he timed 16th out of 43 cars. Waynesfield was extremly rough - he tried to run high and above the ruts. He managed to race clean and stayed out of trouble....

(June 16) Tentative plans for Sheldon and the #93 car are to follow Ohio Sprint Speedweek for 6 shows, starting at Attica Raceway Park on Friday night. He will skip Eldora, then pick back up with Speedweek at Findlay on Sunday night. Provided things go smooth, plans at this point would be to follow the All Star Speedweek trail the rest of the week after Findlay... We'll of course keep you updated throughout the big week of racing in Ohio. Any changes in schedule will be posted here...

(June 15) Sheldon raced at Limaland and Waynesfield over the weekend. Limaland was an interesting night - he started 11th in the feature and was up to around 7th or 8th when he spun out and had to go to the tail. He spent the rest of the race right on the fence, blasting around the top side and got back up to 11th by the end of the race.... Saturday at Waynesfield, it was another night with the 360 sprint cars and he ended up 8th in a field of 19 cars. It was his first ever visit to the 1/3 mile track.

(June 7) It was a nightmare of a weekend for Sheldon. At the start of the feature on Friday, a car broke in front of him and he got collected and rolled the car. Mainly just wing damage to the 360 car. Saturday at KC was a different story... At the start of B-Main, he got up high in some loose stuff which sent the car into the turn one wall. The car did a series of nasty flips. He was ok, but the car was destroyed.... Shldon will more than likely race Limaland on Friday night. Saturday is up in the air, depending on how things go with putting together a new race car.

(June 4) Sheldon will be at Limaland on Friday and KC Raceway on Saturday.

(May 31) Shedon was rained out at Limaland and finished 8th at Wayne County on Saturday

(May 27) Sheldon will be racing at Limaland on Friday night and Sharon Speedway on Saturday night...

(May 21) Sheldon's tentative schedule for the weekend inclues Limaland on Friday night and Wayne County on Saturday night.

(May 15) Sheldon turned in a solid performance last night at Limaland Motorsports Park in the 360 division. He started 3rd in his and finished 2nd to Neil Shepard. He drew the 5 pill for featuring starting position and he hung right with them. He fell back as far as 7th but climbed back up to a 5th place finish - behind some stout Limaland competition. 1)JR Stewart 2)Tim Allison 3)Ron Blair 4)Neil Shepard 5)Sheldon Haudenschild. Cody and Sheldon are heading down to KC Raceway for Saturday night action. It will be Sheldon's first trip to the high banked bullring.

(May 3) Sheldon's quest to conquer Limaland was washed out on Friday as the track was forced to cancel due to rain. Saturday night was another new track, as the team loaded up and traveled across state to Fremont Speedway. A stellar field of 410 sprints were on hand. While he didnt transfer to the feature, he got progressively better and better with each lapped turn. It was a good learning experience, he raced clean, and brought the car home in one piece. No racing for Sheldon this weekend - he will heading down to Eldora to hang out with Jac and R19 team for the World of Outlaws weekend...

(April 27) Friday night racing at Limaland was filled with a series of ups and downs for Sheldon. He immediately adapted to the track during hot laps and felt very comfortable running up high along the wall (no surprise there, right?!) He drew the outside front row for his heat race and proceeded to run away with the easy win. Lining up for the feature is where things got a little hectic. While all of the cars were being pushed off, it was determined that Sheldon passed the pace truck and he was sent to the tail for the start. Things went well for the first 16 laps - he picked off a few cars and was up to around 13th (from 20th) when he got loose in turn four coming down for lap 17. The track had been slicking off some at that end of the Speedway and he just lost the handle on it. The car suffered substantial rear-end damage from contact with another car during the spin.

Cody got things back to working order for the Saturday show at Wayne County where Sheldon would come home 9th out of 15 cars in the feature. Stay tuned for the schedule for the upcoming weekend...

( April 21) It was another big weekend for Sheldon as he experienced two new race tracks - and two very different surfaces. On Friday night Lakeville he ran 3rd in his heat race and was running 3rd in the feature when he spun out and was relegated to the tail. He finished the night 9th out of 12 cars. It was a very rough track surface, but it was good experience for him to get 25 solid laps on that type of surface.

At Wayne County on Saturday he qualified 6th out of 16 cars and then ran 2nd in his heat race. For the feature, he lined up on the outside front row. He made a nice outside pass for the lead and led the event for 3 laps before getting off the racing groove on the backstretch and falling back to second, where he settled in for a few laps. His fate would take a turn for the worst towards the middle of the race when he got up in the dust and marbles in turn three and backed it into the wall. A learning experience for sure! The guys will work on the car this week and we'll post the Friday and Saturday plans soon...


(April 16) Change of plans for Friday night. Sheldon will now be racing at Lakeville on Friday night instead of Limaland...

(April 15) Sheldon will make his Limaland Motorsports Park debut this Friday night when the NRA Sprint Invaders come calling. He will have his 360 sprint on hand to take part in the action on the high-banked speedplant. Saturday will see the pilot of the #93 take on the best of Wayne County Speedway in the 410 sprint car division.

(April 12) It was race number two for Sheldon on Saturday night. He qualified 34th out of 51 cars, but was forced to race the B-main where he would ultimiltly end up 18th. Still though - a productive night as he kept the car in one piece and gained more valuable track time.

(April 5) Sheldon competed in his first ever sprint car event at Attica Raceway Park over the weekend and it was a night where results really didn't matter all that much. It was more about feeling comfortable in the car and getting some quality seat time - and he did just that. He completed every lap and looked very smooth. In the end, he finished 11th in the B-Main and looked impressive powering a 360 sprint against the 410 class... It's back to Attica this weekend for another first - it will be Sheldon's first sanctioned race with the running of the Spring Nationals for the All Star Sprint Cars. The 410 motor will be dropped in the car this week as well.

(March 30) - Sheldon will make his sprint car debut this Friday night at Attica Raceway Park in Attica, Ohio. The best part of the deal for the sprint car rookie is that he'll have a pretty darn good coach in his corner this week... The World of Outlaws are off this weekend, so Jac will be home to help give the rookie Haudenschild some pointers! In other news surrounding the team... Sheldon now has a full-time crew chief for the year. Fellow Wooster native and buddy Cody Jacobs has agreed to help out turning wrenches for the season. Cody is the son of racer Dean Jacobs.

(March 23) - Although still in grade school, Sheldon Haudenschild has had a very successful tenure riding motocross in events all over the eastern United States since he was just 5 years of age. A big change is in store this year however... he'll be trading in his two wheeled machines for those of the four wheeled variety. Yes, you guessed it... there's another Haudenschild ready to strap into sprint cars! Turning 16 this year means the youngest of the Haudenschild clan is now old enough to run full fledged sprints - and he'll do that both in a 360 sprint and 410 sprint in and around the Ohio valley this season...

Sheldon will begin the year with sponsorship from Troyer's Trail Bologna, RA Patterson Farms, Elden Racing, and Ham Signs. Check back to this page throughout the spring for much more information on the upcoming season - including schedule, photos, sponsor updates, and more!